The Thailand Cosmetic Act protects consumers of cosmetics and categorizes cosmetics into specially controlled designations. According to the Cosmetic Act of 1992, the focus of the regulation has been changed from pre-marketing activities to post-marketing activities, originating from the perception that utilisation of technical requirements and practice of good manufacturing guidelines ensures quality of cosmetic […]

Malaysia recognizes the twin aspects of modern biotechnology being the great potential offered by modern biotechnology and the need to protect human health and the environment from the possible adverse effects of biotechnology products. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are produced via Genetic Modification (GM) technology are one of the main products from biotechnology. These organisms […]

In February this year, it was revealed that the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) with the help of scientists and health workers from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Wellcome-Trust University of Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme, and the co-operation of Chinese authorities have uncovered a massive counterfeit anti- malaria drug syndicate, based in southern […]

Most often the news broadcast on counterfeiting in Malaysia are usually associated with branded goods. This disease has now plagiarized Malaysian soil and as a consequence, its consumers have repeatedly been exposed to the “ill-gotten fruits” of counterfeits in their daily lives as these items are now circulating in the form of essential products used […]

Introduction A counterfeit medicine as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) “is one which is deliberately and fraudulently mislabeled with respect to identity and/or source. Counterfeiting can apply to both branded and generic products and counterfeit products may include products with the correct ingredients, wrong ingredients, without active ingredients, with incorrect quantity of active […]

Since 2003, 42 people have died from bird flu in Vietnam. The scientists fear that the highly virulent H5N1 strain could mutate into a form, which can be transmitted from infected birds to humans and between humans, sparking a pandemic. The WHO has warned that 8.2 million Vietnamese could be infected by bird flu and […]

Malaysia puts country’s healthcare industry as one of its top priorities, and continually implements new policies to ensure that the medical sector continue progressing and at the same time to ensure that its people receive the best medical treatment available. Pharmaceuticals are regulated by the Drug Control Authority (DCA) in Malaysia, under the Control of […]

Finally, after years of vigorous and continuous efforts to resolve the public concerns over costly medicines in the country, the Philippine Senate has approved a bill in January 2007, that will lower the price of medicines by allowing anyone to import patented medicines, which are sold cheaper in other countries. Briefly, parallel importation refers to […]